Qualifications in France?

[pandroid]

I'm aware that you need an ICC (with CEVNI) for the French Inland Waterways, but what's the situation for trailer-sailing on lakes? Do these count as 'Inland Waterways' or are there other factors?

 

[Viking]

Speak French!

 

[Guest]

I spend 2 seasons, 10 months, going to the med and back.Never was I asked to see my qualifications

 

[Guest]

Ask the RYA - that's one of the reasons they exist for

 

[Col]

How do you get your VNF licence? I've had to send copies of my ICC, and supply proof of boat size / Engine horsepower.

 

[tamise]

When we bought a licence from the VNF office in Dunkirk, they looked at our SSR and boat insurance but not the ICC/ Cevni certificate.

 

[LadyInBed]

They didn't even go that far in Rouen.

 

[Guest]

I sail off the coast near my home in Granville Normandy. I have been boarded a couple of times by customs but nobody has asked for any certificates. I even race with the Yacht club boats in the winter and they have never asked either. When I asked the skipper of the boat I race on, about qualifications, he said he has sailed since he was eight but has no certificates. I think it all a myth to make us join the RYA.
ALLAN

 

[Guest]

my experience of sailing in france has been exactly the same - never asked for anything other than ssr. however, i have been warned that if you get into an argument / accident / or just the Douane when they are trying to keep their jobs, it can be very different.